Kurt Helwig, CEO of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association, and Tom Harper, president and CEO of Networld Media Group talk about points of focus — innovation, regulation and security — for this year's ATM and Mobile Innovation Summit. The two-day...

Tom Harper, president and CEO of Networld Media Group talks about what to expect from this year's ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit and why executives should consider it imperative to attend and hear what high-level presenters and panelists have to say about the future of payments.

"Data security is a big area for the FTC," said Malini Mithal, assistant director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC. "We have brought nearly 50 cases here, including dozens alleging violations of GLB rules." (From Mithal's keynote address at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)

“There needs to be a move beyond cash in order for the vast majority of the people in the world to become full working participants in, and beneficiaries of, the economic system,” said Leland Englebardt, group head, global network products...

Kurt Helwig, CEO of the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA), puts it succinctly: "P.J. O'Rourke said, 'Giving the government money and power is like giving car keys and whiskey to teenage boys.'" Laura Udis of the Consumer Federation of American offers a counterpoint in this engaging session at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit.

Joe Samuel, SVP of global public affairs for First Data, said FIs are constantly balancing new regulation, new supervision and enforcement. Dodd-Frank has worked in some areas of banking, he said, "but in some areas I think it didn't." (From a panel at the ATM & Mobile Executive Summit)